Historical Events In June - 06

0840  On June - 06 agobard, archbishop of Lyon (anti-semite), dies   

1002  German king Henry II the Saint crowned on June - 06.   

1134  Norbertus van Xanten, monastery founder, dies at about 51 on this day in history.   

1242  24 wagonloads of Talmudic books burned in Paris on June - 06.   

1391  On June - 06 inhabitants of Seville Spain massacres 5,000 Jews   

1436  On this day in history regiomontanus (Johannes Muller), prepares astronomical tables   

1480  Vecchietta, Italian artist and architect on this day in history.   

1513  Battle at Novara: Habsburgers vs Valois on this day in history.   

1520  France & England sign treaty of Scotland on this day in history.   

1523  Gustavus I becomes king of Sweden (Swedish National Day) on this day in history.   

1536  Mexico begins it's inquisition on June - 06.   

1606  On this day in history pierre Corneille, France, dramatist (El Cid, Horace)   

1622  Claude-Jean Allouez, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (d.1857) on this day in history.   

1625  On this day in history domenico Guidi, Italian sculptor   

1639  On this day in history massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill   

1654  On this day in history queen Christina of Sweden resigns & converts to Catholicism   

1660  On this day in history denmark & Sweden signs peace treaty   

1661  Giacomo Antonio Perti, composer on this day in history.   

1664  On June - 06 new Amsterdam renamed NYC   

1665  Battle at Monte Carlo: English & Portuguese army beat Spain on this day in history.   

1671  Stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader on this day in history.   

1671  On this day in history stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader, killed   

1673  France & Brandenburg sign peace treaty on this day in history.   

1676  On June - 06 georg Reidel, composer   

1683  The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world's first university museum on this day in history.   

1686  Joannes B van Neercassel, RC spiritual leader of Neth, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1695  On June - 06 adriaen Valckenier, gov-gen Neth-Indies (1737-41)/killed 8,000 Chinese   

1710  On this day in history francoise de la Baume Le Blanc, mistress of king Louis XIV, dies at 65   

1716  1st slaves arrive in Louisiana on June - 06.   

1722  Adrien Trudo Sale, composer on this day in history.   

1735  On June - 06 anton Schweitzer, composer   

1735  On this day in history georg Osterreich, composer, dies at 71   

1740  Alexander Spotswood, British governor of Virginia Colony on this day in history.   

1744  On this day in history france & Prussia sign peace treaty   

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1236  Wen Tianxiang, Chinese prime minister (d. 1283) was born on June - 06.   

1436  On June - 06 birth of regiomontanus (Johannes Muller), prepares astronomical tables   

1502  King John III of Portugal (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.   

1519  Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher and botanist (d. 1603) was born on this day in history.   

1576  Giovanni Diodati, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1649) was born on June - 06.   

1580  On this day in history birth of godefroy Wendelin, Flemish astronomer (d. 1667)   

1599  On this day in history birth of diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1660)   

1606  Pierre Corneille, France, dramatist (El Cid, Horace) was born on this day in history.   

0840  On this day in history agobard, archbishop of Lyon (anti-semite), dies   

1134  On June - 06 norbertus van Xanten, monastery founder, dies at about 51   

1393  On this day in history death of emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (b. 1359)   

1480  On June - 06 death of vecchietta, Italian artist and architect   

1548  Death of Juan de Castro, Portuguese explorer (b. 1500) on this day in history.   

1563  Death of Ikeda Nagamasa, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1519) on this day in history.   

1583  On this day in history death of nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese warlord (b. 1556)   

1671  Death of Stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader, killed on June - 06.